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@CloserByTomorrow yes way too much time on my hands. But I’m in the forums cause valor burnt me out.
3 for Master. 1 for normal. 1 for Heroic. That's 5. Plus they drop from Greater Solo Crystals, and randomly from Free-For-All. Frags are in Map 3 Crystals, and Glory can be used for them. As for the Arena, if you don't have time, that's not a valid argument for a shortage. Which is the point that most of us are trying to make. If you're not taking advantage of all the ways they're available, it's not feasible to claim they're scarce.
When glory was added to AQ it specifically and explicitly replaced the other resources we were getting like Map 3-4-5 crystals, catalysts, and potions. The intent of glory was to give players more flexibility in choosing which rewards they wanted, but glory replaces a basket of different rewards we got in season three. The presumption was that if you needed those rewards you would still buy them, and if you didn't then you could use the glory elsewhere.
The intent was not for glory to be used to buy the rarest things, but rather the things you needed the most to address your own needs more specifically rather than the game handing everyone the same rewards.
It takes 775 Glory per AQ week to buy two T1Alpha cats, and that's approximately eight per month (eight per 32 days). I think that is a reasonable amount of glory to spend for any alliance in the expert tier, since you're going to be getting over 2000 glory per AQ week in the expert tier. For most expert tier alliances it is about one third of their glory or less. Also, given cost escalation that 775 glory isn't radically reducing the amount of T2A fragments you can buy since the third one costs so much more than the first two. It takes 2400 glory to buy 3600 T2A fragments (buying 1800 twice). Attempting to buy the third (and last available) package costs 2200 glory all by itself.
Eight is not a lot, but for many players that can double the amount of T1As they are otherwise getting and it is a significant amount relative to rank up costs.
For many expert tier alliances the cost of the t1alpha cats would only reduce their t2a buying power by one additional fragment deal every few weeks. Others might be reduced to sometimes buying one and sometimes two as glory accumulates. These appear to be reasonable resource shifts to me, given the intent of glory as it was originally designed.
What DNA said. Glory was introduced so we can buy what we need. If you need T1As, buy them. If you spend all of them on T2A, then duh... Of course you'll have to sacrifice something else. So instead of complaining that there is not enough T1A when you CHOSE to spend your Glory on something else.
Oh.. And you said your ally hits every milestone everytime? I checked your profile up and yes, you have 3 5* R4s but you're not in an ally.
Change your attitude a little and spread positivity in your alliance to get them out of the rut.
You are comparing earning rate to backlog, but that's not a fair comparison in my opinion. That backlog likely took months to accumulate. If you could wipe out your backlog in a month, that would imply T1A was massively available, capable of swamping months of T4CC accumulation in a single month. The best you can hope for is for the earning rate of T1A to roughly match the rate at which you are earning T4B and T4CC.
Separately, while it is always possible that players will be unable to utilize the availability options for T1A or any resource, that has to be looked at in context. If it is necessary to address top tier players unable to earn T1A because they can't run arena, then it is just as necessary to allow lower tier alliance players to earn as much T4CC as they need to rank up even if they cannot move up to higher tiers of AQ.
As to the issue of T2A and glory, I posted numbers above that suggest that there are reasonable compromises you can make to buy T2A and also T1A with the glory you're likely to get. In fact if you are top 1000 you should be getting at least 900 glory for rank rewards and at least 1550 (you're probably reaching milestone 9 to get to top 1000) for milestones for a total of at least 2450 glory. That's enough to buy two T1A per week plus 1800 T2A fragments for 1775 glory. With 675+ glory remaining you will something close to enough to buy the second 1800 fragment package every other week (you would need just 25 glory more, but these numbers are the minimum for a top 1000 alliance and most top 1000 alliances of course get more than this).
What level are level are you? The people complaining about not having t1as have been playing for quite awhile and have t4ccs out the ying yang.
That's one of the problems. Focusing on Maps 5 and 6 only and the Prestige Race, combined with selective Ranking, has led to an abundance of T4CC. Which is totally up to them. However, whenever you have an abundance of one Resource, you will have a deficit of others.
Just quit with the if I open 5 crystals I suddenly need x t1a so I can use them on my LC IP etc.
Also doesn't cost more t4b and t4c just basic t1a and I'm assuming you didn't r3 those weirdo 3 for arena.
Certainly not past 3. And 1 alpha is still used for any 4* I acquire. 1 alpha not 2t4b and 5 alpha. And that r1 5* is the power equivalent of a 3/30 so you are still ahead 1 alpha.
Cool story now are you going to replace your 4* quake with that 5* SL? And do you think you will miraculously pull multiple duped replacements for AWD within a week? Now what dictates you have to rank them that day and cannot wait the two weeks? Your opponents are in the same boat. Slippery slope is slippery.
You would need to pull and dupe your existing defenders in a period of time faster than you can plan for the resources. While that can happen your opponents are still in the same boat if it does happen so you are not at a loss while you gather the resources. If you wanted to account for that scenario it is simply accounted for by having the materials for such an occurrence in hand.
It’s just. A ridiculous scenario you are setting up here. But I’m entertaining the brain teaser of the kettle logic.
If want to use them for defense go right ahead, you are on equal footing with the competition in that race so you do not lose out, there is no pressing needed rank them beyond the pace set by the game. You’ll have antman and IP on defense which I guess you already do if you’re looking to upgrade them as replacements for diversity. Really wondering what your defense looks like if a r3 antman or IP are going to be better options than your current roster though.